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H. L. FERRIS. EAR FOR SECURING BAI'LS T0 FAILS, &c.

No. 482,181. Patented July 15, 1890p WWW @W MMMM.

U ITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

HENRY L. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HUNT, HELM d5 FERRIS,OF SAME PLACE.

EAR FOR SECURING; BAILS TO PAILS, 8L0.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 432,181, dated July15, 1890.

Application filed April 12, 1890. Serial No. 347,609. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. FERRIS, of Harvard, in the county ofMcl-Ienry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ears for Securing Bails to Pails and other Vessels; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to means for attachin g to pails and otherarticlesthe ears or parts to which the ends of the bail are secured, and itrelates more particularly to that form of pails wherein the mouth iswired or enlarged by bending or folding. In this class of pails it hasbeen necessary heretofore to bend the car around the edge of this foldor wired portion, thereby more or less weakening the ear proper. Theears heretofore have been riveted or soldered, or both riveted andsoldered, to the pail for the purpose of giving additional stiffness tosaid ear as well as to secure it to the pail, and have been made ofsheet and of cast metal. The latter is too heavy and expensive, andboth, in the forms heretofore used, are too weak immediately above or atthe wired portion of the pail.

The object of my invention is to overcome the objectionable featuresabove pointed out by making a sheet-metal ear which shall have stampedtherefrom a tongue adapted to fit over the wired portion of the pail.Said tongue when the ear is placed in position on the pail will be 011one side thereof and the ear proper on the other side, thus holding thepail between them and giving additional stiffness to the car at theparticular point where it is most needed. My construction also verygreatly simplifies the manufacture and reduces the expense of producingsaid ears.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a blank from which my improved ear isstamped. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the car after being stamped andpunched ready to be placed upon the pail. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionalview of the ear in position upon the pail and secured thereto.

In said drawings, A represents a pail having its upper edge a thickenedby being turned about a wire a,in the usual or ordinary manner.

B is the ear stamped from the blank B. The general configuration of theblank B is T-shaped, the lower portion having lateral extensions, asclearly shown in Fig. 1.

In stamping the blank for use I prefer to punch holes I) I) through saidlateral extensions at or near each end thereof, through which rivets bmay be passed to secure the ear B to the pail A. The ear, however, maybe soldered to the pail, if preferred, or may be both soldered andriveted. In the upper portion of the ear, I punch a hole or opening D inwhich the end of a bail or handle is secured. From the central portionof the blank B',I punch out a lip or tongue C,which tongue extends fromthe blank first horizontally and then downwardly into a positionparallel with the lower portion of the blank. The portion of the blank Bfrom which the tongue 0 is stamped is given a curve or bend in theopposite direction, as clearly shown at 0, thus leaving a space betweensaid curved portion 0 and the tongue C for the insertion of thethickened or wired edge a a of the pail, as more clearly illustrated inFig. 3.

In practice I first stamp the car from the blank B and then place thesame vertically over the edge of the pail into the position shown inFig. 3. I then rivet the ear to the pail, and sometimes secure it bysoldering and sometimes by both, as above explained. I may also solderthe depending portion of the lip C to the inside of the pail. By thisconstruction it Willbe observed that greatstrength is imparted to thecar at c by reason of a portion thereof passing in opposite directionsaround the thickened edge of the pail. It will also be noted that thisconstruction is obviously very cheap and easy of being placed upon thepail.

I claim as my invention 1. The hereiirdescribed ear for securing bailsto yessels, consisting of a sheet-metal body portion adapted to berigidlysecured to the body of the vessel, an upwardly-extending partprovided at its upper end with a suitable opening for attachment. to thebail, said outward from said body portion to form a re- I cess orshoulder in which the Wired edge of the vessel may rest, and a tonguestamped out from said upwardly-extended portion and said body portionand bent in the opposite direction to fit over the opposite side of thewired top of the vessel, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described T-shaped sheetmetal ear for securing bails tovessels, consisting of the body portion provided near its end withsuitable openings 1), by which it may be attached to the body of thevessel, having near the upper end of its central and upwardly-extendedportion a suitable opening b through which the bail may be attached tosaid ear, an intermediate curved portion 0, and a stamped-out tongue C,bent or curved in the opposite direction, substantially as and for thepurpose specified,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I afiix mysignature inpresence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. FERRIS.

Witnesses:

D. ARMSTRONG, LETTIE M. BLAKE.

